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United States Patent | 6,123,654 |
LaFleur | September 26, 2000 |
An apparatus for loading a liner into a container made of a flexible material has an elongate tube into which the liner is inserted with its free end extending slightly beyond the end of the tube and over and onto which the container is received whereby the free end of the liner is generally aligned with a corresponding end of the container such that an operator may grab the corresponding ends of the liner and container and generally simultaneously remove the container and liner from the tube so the liner is received interiorily and stretched out within the container. This process is relatively simple and can be accomplished by a single operator to reduce the cost and time needed to insert a liner into a container. The apparatus can be used with containers having a spout or access opening in one or both of a pair of opposed end walls.
Inventors: | LaFleur; Lee (Manistee, MI) |
Assignee: | Custom Packaging Systems, Inc. (Manistee, MI) |
Appl. No.: | 003624 |
Filed: | January 7, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 493/217; 493/294 |
Intern'l Class: | B31B 001/90 |
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